Meet the Team

Doctors

GPs in Training

As part of Eleanor Cross Healthcare’s commitment to training, we also host fully qualified doctors who are training with us to become the next generation of general practitioners.

Nursing Team

Nurses

They examine patients, make diagnosis and plan care (Nurse practitioners can also prescribe certain products). They are experts in many areas of disease management such as diabetes and asthma. They can also offer advice about general health, travel immunisations, disease prevention and health promotion as well as maintaining their traditional treatment room duties, such as injections, dressings, blood pressure measurement, weight checks and dietary advice, and also take cervical smears. They can offer advice by phone if necessary.

Nurse Practitioners

Mental Health Practitioners

Healthcare Team

Healthcare Assistants

Practice Managment

Attached Staff

Community Midwives

The midwife is responsible for providing midwifery care throughout your pregnancy, labour and after your baby is born for up to 28 days. If you need to contact the midwife ring the community office on 01604 545430 Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 3pm or visit https://maternity-referral.ngh.nhs.uk

Health Visitors

The Health can normally be contacted on 0300 777 0002. Health visitors provide a wide range of services for children and their families within the community. They may also be involved with other age groups periodically.

The immunisation clinic (for under 5’s), which is now run by the practice nurses runs every Monday afternoon at Whitefields and Wednesday mornings at Delapre.

District Nurses

The District nurses are specially qualified for work in the community. They care for all age groups and work in patients’ homes, residential homes and sheltered accommodation. They aim to help people remain as independent as possible by assessing individual needs and drawing up a plan of care with the help of the patient and their family.

Since October 2016, in order to respond to the changing and developing needs of the local health economy, improve patient experience, manage the volume of referrals and ensure that clinical care is optimised the community nursing transformation project has been working on the development of a referral management route for community nursing referrals. All referrals and request for district nurse appointments/visits has been via a single point of access. The number for this service is 0300 777 0002.

Wellbeing Team

Safeguarding for surgery

Email: northantsicb.safeguarding.k83010@nhs.net

Ageing Well

What we do: We are a multidisciplinary team working across primary health and social care and voluntary sector (Integrated Care Across Northamptonshire iCAN) To support people to age well, stay independent for longer.

Referral criteria: Over 65 with mild to moderate frailty with no involvement from other services.

Website: Age Well | Integrated Care Northamptonshire

How to refer yourself or someone else

Please email agewell.centre@nhft.nhs.uk to contact the team. You will then receive an online form that has a few more details to fill in. The team aims to respond to emails within 5 working days excluding Bank Holidays. 

SPLW – Social Prescribing Link Worker (GPA)

What we do: We link people to support within the voluntary and community sector. We give people time to talk about ‘what matters to me’, help identify strengths and goals, co-create a personalised action plan, and empower people to work on the steps towards achieving their goals addressing the social determinants of health (social support networks, money, work, employment and other activities, housing, finance and benefits).

Referral criteria: Adults from 18+ years of age who need practical and emotional support to improve their social circumstances.

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Care-co-ordinator

What we do: We work across health and social care services – we ensure individual needs are addressed through a single personalised care plan and provide coordination and navigation of care.

Referral criteria: Adults from 65+ years of age. This could include, people living with frailty or people with multiple long-term physical and mental health conditions, care home residents or those who have recently been discharged from hospital.

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Health and Wellbeing Coaches (GPA)

What we do: Use health coaching skills such as motivational interviewing to support people to build their skills, knowledge, and confidence to better manage their lifestyle habits (sleeping, eating, exercise, unhealthy habits), so they can reach their self-identified health and wellbeing goals.

Referral criteria: Adults from 18+ years of age who need coaching to make lifestyle changes.

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Spring Social Prescribing Service (GPA)

What we do: We link people with physical long term health conditions to community and voluntary services. We can work with people on a one-to-one basis or in groups for up to 12 months to help them work towards achieving their goals. We develop groups for people with long term health conditions. We run diabetes & chronic pain peer support groups.

Referral criteria: 18+, people living with physical long term health conditions (e.g. COPD, hypertension, diabetes, chronic pain conditions) who want to make positive changes to improve their quality of life and can meet in community settings.

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